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Ryan Reynolds has responded after Martha Stewart brutally attacked the actor, saying he’s “not that funny” in real life.

Businesswoman and TV personality Stewart, 83, made the comment in November from Bilt Rewards Rent free game show after being asked which celebrities she thought respondents named as the most fun to hang out with.

Stewart correctly guessed her good friend Snoop Dogg, but was baffled by the next person on the list – Dead Pool Star Reynolds.

“He’s probably only on the list because he hides in his films and you don’t see his face,” she said, adding, “And you want to know something? He’s not that funny in real life. No, he’s not that funny. He’s very serious.”

Stewart said she would “take Ryan off the list and I would put someone else in.”

When asked who she would replace the actor with, Stewart said: “George Clooney, because he’s fun. It’s really nice to spend time with George.”

She clarified that Reynolds is “a good actor.” He can be funny, but he’s not funny. Maybe he can be funny again.”

“I’m going to get in trouble,” she added. “He’s my neighbor.”

Responding to the remark on X/Twitter, Reynolds wrote: “I would disagree with her. But I tried that once. The woman is unexpectedly spry. She really closed the gap after about a mile.”

Stewart also recently made headlines for posting a scathing review of a new documentary about her by filmmaker RJ Cutler, saying it was “shocking” how little of her archive he used despite having “total access.”

And she recounted her day in solitary confinement while serving time at Alderson Federal Penitentiary Camp in West Virginia.

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The culinary connoisseur was committed to the minimum security correctional facility for five months from October 2004 to March 2005 after she was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction and lying to federal investigators on insider trading charges.